VAPOR 1.4 Released

December 1, 2008 by

UCAR has announced the official release of the Visualization and Analysis Platform for Research [VAPOR] version 1.4. The development team has included several interesting features into the latest release. From the distribution email:

Several new features are particularly relevant to WRF users:

– VAPOR now supports 2D variables. A 2D variable can be color/transparency mapped and inserted in the 3D scene. Two-dimensional variables can be visualized on a horizontal plane or applied to the terrain.

– Support for terrain-mapped images has been improved; for example improving the appearance of isosurfaces and volume renderings that intersect the terrain surface.

– Additional support is available for analysis with WRF data, including:
Variables can be imported and exported to an IDL session, for interactive analysis.
New variables can be added to an existing dataset using various command-line tools

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